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Trump to Attend Opening of 'Alligator Alcatraz' Detention Site in Everglades

The FEMA-funded ICE facility will begin housing migrants in soft-sided units this week despite lawsuits and protests over its impact on protected wetlands.

Florida's National Guard members stand at the entrance of the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport as people rally against the state's forthcoming "Alligator Alcatraz" ICE detention center in Ochopee, Florida, U.S. June 28, 2025. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
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Overview

  • President Trump is expected to attend Tuesday’s launch alongside DHS Secretary Kristi Noem at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in the Florida Everglades.
  • The site will open with hundreds of soft-sided holding units under a FEMA Shelter and Services Program arrangement that allocates about $450 million annually and tasks FDEM with build-out and management.
  • ICE will operate the remote center and use the airport runway to fly in migrants from across Florida and deportable individuals out of the country.
  • Gov. Ron DeSantis invoked state emergency powers to convert the abandoned Miami-Dade airfield into a federal detention site in under two weeks.
  • Environmental advocacy groups have filed lawsuits and staged protests, arguing that rapid construction sidestepped federal environmental reviews in sensitive Everglades wetlands.